The ministry of Haggai, Zechariah and
Malachi is a record of how God deals
with people he has restored as they try
to translate their basic loyalty to him
into practical action. Restoring their
temple and the physical trappings of
their ravaged kingdom was not an end in
itself. God was, and is, primarily
interested in obedient minds and wills
in people who have a heart for God.